“The last game of every semi-final (Friday and Saturday) and the final (Sunday) will be broadcasted live. Besides that, the Castilla y Leon TV will produce daily special programmes, with interviews and features. There is also a clear interest from the TVE (Spanish main public channel), as I could detect when I met the Sports Manager in Madrid”, explained Marcelino Sion, the tournament director.

live chess in a great community The global economy remains shaky, but that just seems to boost the number of people playing online games. Chess is no exception, with relative newcomer ChessCube recently eclipsing half a million players. ChessCube’s success is based on the fact that is powers the chess community, both with its robust [...]

GM Hikaru Nakamura earned his second U.S. Championship title after an express win against GM Joshua Friedel in the last round of the tournament. Nakamura employed an opening that was frequent in the repertoire of the great champion Bobby Fischer. Friedel was not cautious enough and allowed his Queen to finish trapped on move 21, after which he immediately resigned.

The FIDE Trainers Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the first ever FIDE Trainer Awards and will begin by honouring the achievements of our most successful colleagues of 2008, as confirmed by the last meeting of the former FIDE Trainers Committee at the Dresden FIDE Congress 2008 and approved by the recent meeting of the Istanbul FIDE Presidential Board 2009.

“Chess can be an important tool in helping children grow academically, but it also can be a lot of fun,” said Van Bree. “It was pretty cool to watch these kids playing in their own tournament on the very site where the nation’s best players are competing for the U.S. Chess Championship, and to give them a flavor of that excitement.”

“With a lot of excitement,” said Kaplan,
“Maddahi addressed the group, calling it a great opportunity and a
demonstration that kids are above the political issues separating the
countries. For a week we played together and had chess in common.
Similarly, the whole world will be united in the future.”

FIDE announces that the negotiations with Universal Event Promotion (UEP), the original bidder for organising the final stages of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011 (Candidates Tournament and Final Match), did not reach a final agreement.

The 31st closed chess tournament “Banícky Kahanec” was held on 2-12th May at Šachový klub Prievidza, Slovakia. The tournament format was double round robin and the average rating of the players 2570. Banícky Kahanec was the strongest chess tournament played in Slovakia since 1922, when a closed tournament in Piešťany was won by Bogoljubov and Alekhine.

The 31st closed chess tournament “Banícky Kahanec” is currently ongoing at Šachový klub Prievidza, Olympionikov 4, Slovakia. This double round robin event launched on 2nd May and runs until 12th May. The average rating of the players is 2570, which makes for a FIDE 13th category competition. Banícky Kahanec will be the strongest chess tournament played in Slovakia since 1922, when a closed tournament in Piešťany was won by Bogoljubov and Alekhine.

Ilyumzhinov: “Yes, they are now preparing their proposal. Grozny wants to host the last stage of the FIDE Grand Prix, and as far as I understand they have serious ambitions with this project.”